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Section 6 - Standard Sound Programming SQ-R Musician's Manual
Wave Class
This parameter determines the class of waveforms which will be used for a
particular voice. By selecting this parameter, you can use the Up/Down
Arrow buttons to scroll quickly through the different wave classes to the
category you want. Then select the wave name to choose a specific wave from
that category.
Whenever the wave class is changed, the first wave in that class is selected and
lower-line parameters are reset to default values for the new wave class.
The SQ-R waves are divided into 11 categories, or Wave Classes:
These wave classes contain samples of real acoustic and electronic sounds, which
can be used as the basis for a wide variety of realistic musical sounds. Where
necessary, these waves have been multisampled (sampled at many points
through the range of the instrument) for maximum authenticity in reproducing the
original.
• STRING-WAVE - Samples of stringed instruments — strings, pianos,
guitars, etc.
• BRASS-WAVE - Samples of brass instruments — horns, sax, etc.
• BASS-WAVE - A variety of bass sounds — electric, acoustic and
synthesized.
• BREATH-WAVE - Flute and vocal sounds with complex, breathy sustains.
• TUNED-PERCS - This category contains a wide variety of sounds —
generally, these are percussive sounds which are looped (that is, they will
sustain).
• PERCUSSION - This class contains unlooped (non-sustaining) percussion
sounds.
• DRUM-WAVE - Individual drum sounds which are used to create
customized drum kits. See Section 7 for more details on drum programming.
The next three wave classes contain a variety of sampled and algorithmically
generated waves that are more "synthesizer" oriented:
• TRANS WAVE - Transwave™ is a special class of waves, unique to
ENSONIQ instruments. Each Transwave consists of many single-cycle
waveforms, each with a different harmonic spectrum. The playback parameters
allow you to start the wave playing at any one of these waveforms and move
through the wavetable, continually varying the timbre of the sound, using any
of the 15 modulators.
• WAVEFORM - A waveform is a single cycle of a sound repeated over and
over. The SQ-R contains both sampled and synthetic waveforms. Waveforms
such as Sawtooth and Square can be used to reproduce a wide array of analog
synth sounds.
• INHARMONIC - Inharmonic loops are similar to waveforms except that they
contain many cycles of the sound and can therefore contain inharmonics —
frequencies which are not exact multiples of the fundamental frequency.
• MULTI-WAVE - Contains only one wave, but it consists of ALL-WAVES in
the SQ-R memory. Starting from any wave in memory, any number of waves
can be played, forward or backward, to create effects and "jam-loops."
6 - 10 Wave Bank